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Ten students participated in this year’s study abroad program, “Sustainable Development in Latin America.” The course ran from July 8th-August 5th, 2017 and was a collaboration between the University of Oregon, USA and Planet Drum Foundation’s Ecuador Program. The students explored issues related to sustainable development including the tensions, challenges, and possibilities for reconciling development […]
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Planet Drum hosted a group of participants from the Sustainable Summer organization’s Ecuador: Seeds of Change program at its greenhouse for a revegetation workshop. The group of ecologically-minded young adults learned about bioregional practices and then got their hands dirty transplanting native fruit trees. Thanks for the visit!
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During the rainy season, older trees at the greenhouse are distributed to local landowners for planting at revegetation sites. Meanwhile, the production of new trees continued with the planting of seedlings from the seasonal fruits that are abundant during the rainy season: Mango, Oranges, Mandarins, and Limes among others.
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The rains continued falling… Planet Drum planted a new 2017 revegetation site at the Bosque Verde ecological reserve where it has been planting trees since 2005. Heather Crawford (Planet Drum Project Manager 2005-06) returned to visit Bahía and the projects. While here she got to plant trees at Bosque Verde, one of the areas where she worked twelve […]
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With the onset of the rainy season, the Dry Tropical Forest landscape turns from dusty brown to vibrant green. It also makes for excellent revegetation conditions. Planet Drum connected with local landowners to assist in grassroots tree-planting initiatives throughout the region. Planet Drum hopes to expand its revegetation work by creating more greenhouses at regional […]
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Work on the greenhouse infrastructure continued with the construction of a new shade structure. Seedbeds burst with the germination of Orange seedlings. And in late January, the rainy season really got going.
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In November, volunteers and Orlando worked on improving the new greenhouse by cleaning up, arranging trees and supplies, preparing materials for mixing soil, and building new tools, such as a soil sifter. More soil was collected and sifted and was used as a substrate for transplanting seedlings to plastic bottles. There were also opportunities to […]
Read MoreReport #2November 15-16, 2016By David Simpson and Jane Lapiner The Post Obama Climate Change Era COP 22, the fifteen or maybe even 30 ring circus the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is putting on in the middle of a broad, muddy field at the edge of Marrakech, Morocco is directly under the flight […]
Read MoreDavid Simpson and Jane Lapiner traveled to Marrakech, Morocco from their home in Petrolia, California last week to attend and report on the United Nations climate summit. Report #1 November 12, 2016By David Simpson and Jane Lapiner So Much to Lose The BBC weather woman, with an outline of almost the whole Mediterranean region on […]
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Planet Drum’s new greenhouse location behind the Catholic University in Km. 8 is officially open and functioning now that we have a connection to the university’s water infrastructure. The greenhouse is now located at a safe and comfortable distance from University buildings which are undergoing simultaneous demolition and construction. All of the trees and nearly […]
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